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EC Reviews Policies to Promote Subsidiarity
July 26, 2018
A European Commission (EC) Task Force has presented a report to EC President Jean-Claude Juncker on how to respond to the concerns of Europeans about the ballooning power of the EU, pushing for an “active subsidiarity” approach to encourage greater ownership of EU actions by member states.
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EU Agency Seeks Emissions Limits in Transportation, Farming
July 26, 2018
A briefing from the European Environment Agency points to the road transport and agriculture sectors as the greatest impediments to EU members’ efforts to meet supranational limits on air pollution and calls for government policies clamping down on emissions from these sectors to help meet EU targets.
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EU Bank Invests $60 Million in South American Climate Action
July 26, 2018
The European Investment Bank, which asserts that it is “the world's largest financer of environmental investments,” has announced that it will invest $60 million in “climate change adaptation and mitigation” development projects in South America.
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EU Agency Calls for More Data on National Climate Policies
July 26, 2018
The European Environment Agency has produced a report warning that EU member states must disclose more quantitative data about the impacts and costs of their policies promoting a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions as part of the EU’s climate monitoring mechanism.
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EU Members Call for Creation of Counter-terrorism Register
July 26, 2018
At a recent seminar on counter-terrorism organized by the EU’s judicial cooperation unit Eurojust, French, German, Belgian, and Spanish officials called for the establishment of a European Judicial Counter-Terrorism Register to help national authorities identify links among cases and coordinate on counter-terrorism investigations.